With this component you can access any NSDictionary via properties.
Something like this:
NSString* value = dictProxy.key;
dictProxy.key = @"value";
Instead of:
NSString* value = [dict objectForKey:@"key"];
[dict setObject:@"value" forKey:@"key"];
And there are some nice side effects too:
- Automatic value object cast as defined in your category, a cast is no longer needed.
- Xcode autocompletion for the dictionary keys.
- Every typo error when accessing a key will automatically result in a compiler error. You can’t read/write wrong keys any more.
I described the technology behind on the compeople developer blog on Mobile Apps.
Feel free to comment, fork, and submit pull requests!
- Made for projects under ARC; you will therefore need to use SDK 5.0+.
- Deployment target iPad iOS 5.1+ (component should also work at iPhone and with iOS 5.0).
The CPDictionaryProxy component is released under the MIT License.
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